Figaro Gets a Divorce
Fleeing a revolution, the Count’s household is captured at a border by the Major, who seeks power over them. The Major reveals Angelika is the Count’s child and that Serafin is the child of the Countess and Cherubino. Figaro and Susanna quarrel over whether to have a child; Susanna encounters Cherubino, now a bar proprietor, who employs her as a chanteuse. The Countess rejects the Major’s blackmail and tells the Count Serafin’s parentage; Susanna reveals she is pregnant by Cherubino. Figaro helps the family escape, shooting Cherubino. The Major’s plan to trap them at the castle fails: Figaro, Susanna, Angelika and Serafin escape through a secret passage while the Count and Countess remain.